1st Workshop on Resilience

Time: ICCROM, Rome (Italy)

Place: 5 – 7 June 2018

The workshop was organized to review the existing resource manual on Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage and to merge it with the manuals on managing World Heritage Natural and Cultural Sites. Aspects of linking climate change adaptation to disaster risk management were fully explored. The workshop set out the road map for a revised manual on resilience, providing overall guidance on contents, tools, case studies, and appropriate medium for delivery.

Agenda

Presenting the overall framework of work

World Heritage Leadership and the Heritage Management Resources Platform

Challenges and gaps in site management

What do the site managers identify as their challenges in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction

Where do we stand on Climate Change Phenomena and related hazards- review of existing research

Case studies: Climate related, and other types of Disaster Risks and potential short and potential long term impacts on heritage

International and national level policies

Climate change related policies in general and for heritage in particular

Disaster risk related policies in general and for heritage in particular